Category Archives: history, politics

in the City, two

Posted on December 20, 2015 by jonathan trustram

It was good of Sir Christopher Wren to leave us churches. They are used now to decorate the new City. Incidentally, in spite of all the destruction of the blitz, more churches were destroyed to make way for the first … Continue reading →

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a short walk in the Velo Polje, Vodnikov Dom again

Posted on December 15, 2015 by jonathan trustram

I was thinking about different ways of seeing Cornwall (see ‘at Lamledra’), and then a strange place in Slovenia (see ‘at Vodnikov Dom’). If you don’t like plants, look away now. The time is early July. In fact it was … Continue reading →

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Vodnikov Dom again, rare plants, rare places

Posted on December 8, 2014 by jonathan trustram

I got stuck. I got lost. I was trying to write about, or move towards writing about, certain perfect spots, mostly in the mountains, and trying not to use words like perfect, or magical, or secret, or timeless, or sacred … Continue reading →

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Poppies 3

Posted on November 18, 2014 by jonathan trustram

A fascinating – and beautifully written – piece by Richard Mabey in Flora Britannica on the common poppy, Papaver rhoeas. It is one of the world’s most successful weeds and  spread from Asia to Western Europe with the development of … Continue reading →

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poppies 2

Posted on November 16, 2014 by jonathan trustram

An answer to my question – what’s happening in France and Germany? -in an article by Gavin Stamp in the new London Review of Books. Near Arras, where there are already French, German, Canadian and British cemeteries, an international memorial … Continue reading →

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poppies

Posted on November 12, 2014 by jonathan trustram

One Sunday afternoon, two or three weeks ago, Sheila and I went for a little trip into the City. We took the train from Stoke Newington to Liverpool Street and then got on the first bus in Bishopsgate to go … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom, a detour: from the Gasterntal to Spittelmatte, Switzerland

Posted on November 3, 2014 by jonathan trustram

Unable to introduce this place, this moment: in 2012 after staying for a few days in the Gasterntal in Switzerland, where I saw scenes of devastation, acres of high pasture flayed from the rocks beneath on which nothing could grow … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 6 the way up, cars, entitlement.

Posted on October 30, 2014 by jonathan trustram

I approached Vodnikov Dom through the narrow valley of the Mostnica. Within a wooded valley is a narrow gorge of roundly sculpted limestone where the water runs green and deep. Then further up the valley, past a refuge/restaurant where shiny … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 3 Velo Polje, WW1, Sheila’s surgeon

Posted on October 29, 2014 by jonathan trustram

Vodnikov Dom sits below the cliffs of the north side of Tosc, protected by a little rocky knoll with a few larch trees on it, and just about on the tree line; the window of my room framed a section … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, Thlaspi rotundifolium

Posted on October 29, 2014 by jonathan trustram

So long on introductions and scene setting I don’t arrive. Now I’ll miss the 7 17 train and have to wait half an hour, and I was so pleased with myself for starting work a couple of times at 7. … Continue reading →

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